Welcome to Sanity Saver(TM)!

      You use a screen saver to prevent monitor burn-in.
      Now there's Sanity Saver(TM) to prevent user burn-out.

Shareware by Grey Matter, P.O. Box 76312, Atlanta, GA  30358, (404) 416-1424.
Copyright (c) 1992, Lee B. Grey.   All Rights Reserved.


Sanity Saver(TM) is a Visual Basic application that reminds you to take care
of yourself.  As a software developer and all-around fanatic, I get in front
of a computer and forget about my physical body.  I don't take breaks, I
don't use the bathroom, I stop blinking, I might even stop breathing for
significant amounts of time.  So I invented Sanity Saver(TM) to nudge me
every now and then, so that using a computer does not become a life-
threatening pastime.

What you have here is version 0.05, rather a low number, you might notice.
This is my first pass at this program;  let me know what you think it needs,
doesn't need, etc.  Feedback is welcome, appreciated, encouraged, requested.

Currently, the program will monitor three types of breaks.  None of them are
enabled to start with.  Click on Preferences! to enable and modify the
setup.  The breaks are:  eye strain, breathing, work breaks.  Eye strain
breaks are the ones they tell you to take so that your eyes are not near-
focused all day long.  Maybe one day all computer people won't need glasses!
Breathing is a very important and overlooked part of life.  Every now and
then the program will remind you to take a few deep ones.  Work breaks are
the nearly extinct times when people stop working for a while to let their
brains relax.  Legend tells us that breaks can actually enhance productivity,
but I'm skeptical.  Still, work breaks are included in Sanity Saver(TM).

Future enhancements:
	Preferences recorded between sessions
	Custom reminders (one-time and periodic)
	Other types of breaks/reminders (posture, stretch legs, isometrics...)
	Reporting on break frequency, length, postponed breaks, etc.
	Graphics, musical interludes, soothing break-enhancers
	Keystroke/mouse click statistics
	Hardware monitoring of life functions (BP, pulse, breath, temp, etc)
	Who knows what else

As shareware, you are free to try this program, spread it around, etc.  If
you become a regular user of Sanity Saver(TM), I ask that you send the
paltry sum of $10.00 to the above address so that you can become a legit,
registered, and blessed user.  In return for your hard-earned cash, you
will receive, in addition to the warm feeling of registration and life-
time free updates, three free FRACTAL GREETING CARDS!  Let me 'splain:

Grey Matter (me) is my company.  I am a contract programmer, software
consultant, and entrepreneur.  My latest endeavor is an attempt to get out
from behind the computer all day long.  I have created a line of truly
gorgeous greeting cards, beautifully printed on high-quality paper.  Each
card is a fractal that I personally zoomed and colored.  So far the response
has been quite enthusiastic.

So, in addition to registering your copy of Sanity Saver(TM), you get three
fractal cards (with envelopes) as a bonus!  All for the disgustingly low,
low price of 80 bits!  Send cash, check, or money order to Lee B. Grey,
P.O. Box 76312, Atlanta, GA  30358.  Thanks!

By the way, all the standard disclaimers apply, about software being sold
as is, me not being responsible for any damage or loss, etc.  You know the
whole bit.  I also disclaim any responsibility for papercuts from the cards.


***************************** EXTRA! EXTRA! ********************************
In honor of the Olympics, if your registration envelope is postmarked before
August 9 (the last day of the Olympics, and a Sunday), you will get two
extra cards (a total of five).  Pretty cool, huh?